Artist statement
My practise incorporates collage,drawing and assemblage.I use a variety of materials and media often within the same work.
Recent works on paper appropriate historical forms and reference including church interiors and Western Landscape painting tradition.Siphoned through materials such as brightly coloured vinyl and an aesthetic that suggests the gaudy and opulent these forms are reconfigured into fantastical structures and panorama within which narratives explore the values of the contemporary moment.
I'm interested in making works that have an epic quality that might suggest cinema.Within this 'bigger picture' I compose vignettes and details that explore the minutiae and detail.
Qualifications and training
- 2001 MA Drawing, Wimbledon School of Art, London
- 1991 BA Hons Painting, Brighton University, Brighton,East Sussex
Solo exhibitions
- 2013 Rollercoastervista, Westland Place Studios, London
- 2012 Fairy Acid Rainbow, Noman Rea Gallery,University of York, Yorkshire
- 2012 Rough Diamond Jubilee, Idea Store,Whitechapel, London
- 2010 Mudflats and Galaxy, Monika Bobinska Gallery, 242,Cambridge Heath Rd,London
- 2009 The Solo Project Art Fair, Voltahalle, Basle,Switzerland
- 2008 Ambivalent Landscape, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London
- 2007 Distant Echo Wilderness, Lounge Gallery, London
- 2006 Prairie, Contemporary Art Projects, London
- 2002 Connections...disconnections, Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio Gallery, Scotland
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Remix:Selections from the International Collage Centre, Samek Art Gallery,Bucknell University (PA) and Tour, USA
- 2011 The Man who fell to Earth, Jens Hills,Kingsland Road, London
- 2011 Beyond Pattern, Oriel Davies and Tour, Wales and England
- 2010 Intimate Spaces, Galerie 8,Arthaus Building, Richmond Road,London
- 2010 Inspired by William Morris, William Morris Museum, Walthamstow,London
- 2010 Cosmic Mysteries, Galerie Espacio,Valencia, Spain
- 2009 Pulse Art Fair (Pippy Houldsworth Gallery), The Ice Palace, Miami,USA
- 2009 Pandamonium,(Commission for WWFund), Selfridges,Oxford Str, London
- 2009 Pulse Art Fair,(Monika Bobinska Gallery), Pier 40,Manhatten, New York,USA
- 2009 Macabre Masterpiece of Terror, Monika Bobinnska Gallery, London
- 2008 Heart of Glass,(curated by Flora Fairbairn), Shoreditch Town Hall, London
- 2008 Cosmopolis,(Adam King and Yutaka Inagawa), Houldsworth Gallery, London
- 2008 Pulse Art Fair (Houldsworth Gallery), Pulse,New York, USA
- 2007 V22 Collection:New Work, Ashwin Str, London
- 2007 Live Green Die Pretty?, Culture House (curated by Arts Co), London
- 2007 Salon 2007, Portobello Road, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2007 Celeste Art Prize, Truman Brewery, London
- 2004 British Council Travel Award, British Council, London
- 2004 Surface Gallery Print Open Winner, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
- 2002 Dundee Cont.Art Print Open Exhibition Prize, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland
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